Dell Force10 C150 Manual

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Deploying the Dell Force10 MXL into a Cisco Nexus Network Environment12Dell Force10 MXL DeploymentInitial ConfigurationThis section provides a rapid introduction to some common MXL initial deployment tasks. For moredetailed information on deploying the MXL see the Force10 MXL User Guide. The examples that areshown here start in privileged execution mode. On the serial console, privileged execution mode canbe reached by using the “enable” command.Configure the MXL Host NameThe configured hostname appears in the management prompt of the CLI and helps to quickly identifywhich device is being managed.FTOS#configureFTOS(conf)#hostname MXL1MXL1(conf)#exitMXL1#Throughout this document two MXL switches are configured that have the host names MXL1 and MXL2.Their full configurations can be found in Appendix A.Configure an IP Address and Default Gateway on the MXL Out-of-Band Management InterfaceThe out-of-band management Ethernet interface provides connectivity through the M1000e ChassisManagement Controller. Only management traffic is sent or received on this interface.MXL1#configureMXL1(conf)#interface managementethernet 0/0MXL1(conf-if-ma-0/0)#ip address 192.0.2.10/24Proceed with Static IP [confirm yes/no]: yesMXL1(conf-if-ma-0/0)#no shutdownMXL1(conf-if-ma-0/0)#exitMXL1(conf)#management route 0.0.0.0/0 192.0.2.1MXL1(conf)#exitMXL1#The IP address of the management Ethernet interface can also be configured by the M1000e ChassisManagement Controller. For further details see the CMC User Guide.Add an Admin’s Username and Enable Password to the MXL configurationIn order to control access to the administration of the MXL, set username(s) and enable passwords.MXL1#configureMXL1(conf)#username NewUserName password NewUserPassword privilege 15MXL1(conf)#no username root